Appreciating and Appraising · B4 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.4.7.2

By the end of this lesson, learners can:

Identify and describe the natural and manmade environmental features reflected in their own or others’ performances
Apply the developed appraisal guidelines to analyse a performance, focusing on theme, subject matter, media, techniques and cultural values
Present a verbal or written report/feedback on a performance that reflects Ghanaian natural or manmade environments
Use the appraisal outcome to make at least one concrete suggestion for correcting or improving a performance
Share their appraised work and feedback with the class using an agreed digital platform, such as WhatsApp or Facebook

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)
Content standard: B4.2.4.7 - Demonstrate understanding of how to make informed decisions on displays, presentations, performances, recordings and/or reports based on established guide for judging artworks (the theme, subject matter, media, techniques, elements and principles of design, social, aesthetic, cultural and functional values) for correlation, correction and future modifications
Indicator: B4.2.4.7.2 - Analyse and appreciate/appraise own or others' compositions and performances and present reports/feedback on works that reflect the natural and manmade environments of some communities in Ghana
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.59: the document prints the code B4 2.4.7.2 twice, here and again on printed p.60 for a different indicator ("...that reflect topical issues in Ghana"). Every other content standard in B4 runs .1 .2 .3, and B4 1.4.7 (printed pp 57-58) does, so one of the two is almost certainly meant to be B4.2.4.7.3, but the document gives no basis for deciding which. Both rows are transcribed with the code printed; a human must renumber one before import
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 59
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- display (photographs/video) of selected performances (own or that of others) that reflect the natural and manmade environments of some communities in Ghana;
- talk about the performances dispassionately using developed guidelines;
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the product or to produce similar or another composition and performance;
- record/document the activity and share using an accepted social media by the class/group (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp).